Stormtroopers

Nissan uses iconoclast Stormtroopers to shill their new car

In the west, we generally buy Star Wars things. In Japan, they use Star Wars to sell things. The Galactic Empire has shilled plenty of Japanese products over the years, and their newest campaign is this shockingly cool commercial series for the Nissan Juke mini-SUV. As you can see from the video above, the Juke…

io9 Rob Bricken

Disney World Will Slap Your Head On a Stormtrooper Now

Last summer guests at Disney’s Hollywood Studios had the opportunity to get a miniature version of themselves frozen in carbonite thanks to the magic of 3D printing. And this year that one-of-a-kind souvenir will be available again, with the addition of a Stormtrooper option if you like what the Empire has been doing in that…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

What if Boba Fett starred in Game of Thrones, Total Recall, and Stargate?

For the upcoming As You Wish Project charity event, over forty Boba Fett and clone trooper helmets were redesigned by such luminaries as director Joe Johnston and artist Sandy Dhuyvetter, who both played a role in designing his original costume. Additionally, sculptors recreated the Mandalorian mercenary’s headgear in the style of Damien Hirst, Tony Stark,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Samurai Star Wars characters, out of a movie too awesome to exist

Artist Clinton Felker has given some of the Star Wars universe’s most iconic characters a bushido makeover. Check out his takes on Darth Vader, Yoda, the stormtroopers, and that notorious ronin Boba Fett. The only thing we’re missing here is Oni The Hutt. [Clinton Felker via Comics Alliance]

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In Love Wars, gay Stormtroopers chafe under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Serving the Galactic Empire comes with some murky moral questions: Is the Rebel Alliance really a terrorist organization? Is political stability worth the destruction of an entire planet? Should I serve in a military that doesn’t even teach me how to shoot properly? As the short film “Love Wars” reveals, those questions become even more…

io9 Lauren Davis

How a Stormtrooper helmet is made, from start to finish

Andrew Ainsworth built the original Stormtrooper helmet (and recently won a case against George Lucas to sell reproductions of said helmet in the U.K.). Here’s a 13-minute video of Ainsworth building a mask — watch as it’s transformed from an unassuming hunk of plastic to decorative headgear for Imperial cannon fodder. https://gizmodo.com/george-lucas-loses-lawsuit-over-stormtrooper-costume-re-5825500 [Via Buzzfeed]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

George Lucas loses lawsuit over stormtrooper costume replicas

You can’t stop the Imperial Stormtroopers. George Lucas sued the original designer of the stormtrooper costumes in Star Wars, seeking to stop him selling replicas. But even though Lucas prevailed in a U.S. court, he lost in the U.K. Andrew Ainsworth built the original costumes in the first movie, and he argued in court that…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

A Stormtrooper Is Walking Across Australia for Charity

Australia is amazing and I want to visit all of it. Paul French thinks the same but he’s actually doing it. French is going to walk around Australia—from Perth to Sydney (2553 miles)—in a Stormtrooper outfit. French is walking in an effort to raise money for the Starlight Foundation, an organization that helps sick children…

Tech News Casey Chan

Troopers takes you inside the life of a Death Star Stormtrooper

Want to know what it’s like to be an Imperial Stormtrooper? Check out College Humor’s brilliant new webseries, featuring two “stormtroopers” and Aubrey Plaza (pseudo-Princess Leia). It’s pretty side-splitting. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a Stormtrooper’s-eye view of the Star Wars universe — the fan film Troops was pretty influential back in the…

io9 Meredith Woerner

A Stormtrooper Falls

I don’t know what hellish battlefield took their comrade, nor do I know if it falls into official Star Wars canon. I don’t care. Stormtroopers still ache just like any of us! Update: Ugh. Star Wars commenter smackdown: These dudes were probably not clones. [Flickr via Brothers Brick]

Tech News Jack Loftus

Evil toy mastermind The Sucklord and his “ghetto Star Wars” empire

Who is The Sucklord? He’s a Boba Fett-masked supercriminal whose passion for creating bootleg action figures has penetrated the rarefied world of high art. io9 hit up his recent gallery opening in NYC and learned of all things Suckadelic. Yesterday marked the opening of “You’re An Asshole For Buying This — The Suckadelic Art Toy…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Choices

Lego master builder Mark (Legoagogo) tackles what every Stormtrooper must wake up to each and every morning. Pick the one in white! [Flickr via Brothers Brick]

Tech News Jack Loftus

Darth Vader and the Stormtroopers invade the New York subway

It’s a typical day in New York. Leia Organa’s doing some light reading on the subway, when suddenly a cadre of Imperial trooper enters. One stop later, a Sith Lord is using public transportation. Yes, Improv Everywhere has struck again. Improv Everywhere, the coterie of pranksters behind the Ghostbusters library stunt, has posted a new…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Avatar + Star Wars = oh, sweet jeebus, no

Quite a few artists have contributed to the 501st TK Helmet Project — which raises funds for the Make A Wish foundation — but Denise Vasquez’s Na’vi creation combines two things that maybe didn’t need combining. (Via Twitter)

io9 Marc Bernardin

These Speakers Look Like Lamps Which Look Like Star Wars Characters

I thought these were lamps with built-in alarm clocks, but they’re actually speakers from toymaker Funko. Not much info about them, but they definitely look like a great match for that Darth Vader alarm clock. [Fanboy via Nerd Approved] https://gizmodo.com/darth-vaders-head-will-freak-you-up-every-morning-5232854 Toy Fair is the annual event where we get to completely regress back to childhood…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

When You Think About It, The Death Star Was Stormtroopers’ 9/11

Click to viewIs this the most tasteful Star Wars parody ever made? Far from it. But I’ll admit that it made me laugh. I mean, Stormtrooper truthers? Amazing. [CollegeHumor]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Proof That The Internet Caters To All Tastes

Sometimes, there is no need for an explanation beyond the link: Hot Chicks With Stormtroopers, a blog launched yesterday to showcase… well, I think the name says it all. No, I don’t know why, either.

io9 Graeme McMillan

What a Stormtrooper Is Made Of

Over 4,000 people around the world are part of the 501st Legion, a group of costumed stormtroopers who attend conventions and charity events en masse. What inspires them to do it? In 1997, two Star Wars fans, Albin Johnson and Tom Crews, donned their new sets of white stormtrooper armor and set off for the…

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The Greatest Art Featuring 6 Iconic Scifi Villains

Click to viewDarth Vader rocks out with the rest of the original Star Wars cast in this awesome painting by Hugh Fleming. Vader has starred in more than his fair share of offbeat and arresting artworks, but he’s not alone — other classic science fiction villains have also inspired some provocative and clever art, from…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Samurai Stormtroopers Hunt Down and Exterminate Ninja Jedis

If Star Wars took place in Japan and Jedis were ninjas, this is what Stormtroopers would hunt them down in during the Great Jedi Purge. They’re obviously smarter than the average clone, too, since they’re too dumb and clumsy to wield katana. Created by artist Yoshi Isao and on display at Gift Show 2008 in…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Nissan uses iconoclast Stormtroopers to shill their new car

Disney World Will Slap Your Head On a Stormtrooper Now

What if Boba Fett starred in Game of Thrones, Total Recall, and Stargate?

Samurai Star Wars characters, out of a movie too awesome to exist

In Love Wars, gay Stormtroopers chafe under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

How a Stormtrooper helmet is made, from start to finish

George Lucas loses lawsuit over stormtrooper costume replicas

A Stormtrooper Is Walking Across Australia for Charity

Troopers takes you inside the life of a Death Star Stormtrooper

A Stormtrooper Falls

Evil toy mastermind The Sucklord and his “ghetto Star Wars” empire

Choices

Darth Vader and the Stormtroopers invade the New York subway

Avatar + Star Wars = oh, sweet jeebus, no

These Speakers Look Like Lamps Which Look Like Star Wars Characters

When You Think About It, The Death Star Was Stormtroopers’ 9/11

Proof That The Internet Caters To All Tastes

What a Stormtrooper Is Made Of

The Greatest Art Featuring 6 Iconic Scifi Villains

Samurai Stormtroopers Hunt Down and Exterminate Ninja Jedis

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